Re: [PATCH 1/1] cachefiles: fix build with GCC 15

[David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:45:30 +0530
Brahmajit Das <brahmajit.xyz@gmail.com> wrote:

> While building with GCC 15 I noticed these build error
> 
> fs/cachefiles/key.c:12:9: error: initializer-string for array of ‘char’ is too long [-Werror=unterminated-string-initialization]
>    12 |         "0123456789"                    /* 0 - 9 */
>       |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> 
> This due to GCC 15 having enabled -Wunterminated-string-initialization
> by default[0]. Separating each characters to ensure NUL termination of
> char array.
> 
> [0]: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Warning-Options.html#index-Wno-unterminated-string-initialization
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brahmajit Das <brahmajit.xyz@gmail.com>
> ---
>  fs/cachefiles/key.c | 14 ++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/key.c b/fs/cachefiles/key.c
> index bf935e25bdbe..555a0ec9eff4 100644
> --- a/fs/cachefiles/key.c
> +++ b/fs/cachefiles/key.c
> @@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include "internal.h"
>  
> -static const char cachefiles_charmap[64] =
> -	"0123456789"			/* 0 - 9 */
> -	"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"	/* 10 - 35 */
> -	"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"	/* 36 - 61 */
> -	"_-"				/* 62 - 63 */
> -	;
> +static const char cachefiles_charmap[64] = {
> +	'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', /* 0 - 9 */
> +	'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', /* 10 - 35 */
> +	'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', /* 10 - 35 */
> +	'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', /* 36 - 61 */
> +	'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', /* 36 - 61 */
> +	'_', '-' /* 62 - 63 */
> +}; 

That is just horrid.
I think there is a attribute that stops the warning.
Or just convert to unsigned char [].

	David


>  
>  static const char cachefiles_filecharmap[256] = {
>  	/* we skip space and tab and control chars */